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Work #641 · Mid

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

Leonardo Boff
1981 · Portuguese
Liberation ecclesiology · Latin American Catholic liberation theology

Boff's 1981 foundational liberation-theological ecclesiology — Church of the poor

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Attribute Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder) (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

The historical-liberation time.

Space

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

The ecclesial-popular space of the base communities.

Matter

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

The embodied poor in the base communities.

Observer

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

The base-ecclesial community.

Energy

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

Energies of charismatic-popular ecclesial renewal.

Information

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

Foundational liberation-ecclesiological framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Church: Charism and Power (Igreja: carisma e poder)

Boff silenced by the Vatican (1985), eventually left Franciscans (1992); a major test case of liberation theology.